Occupiers heading to GOP covention in Tampa
My trip to cover Mitt’s coronation just got a bit more interesting….
McDonnell should refuse to expand Medicaid
One of the Pyrrhic victories to come out of the Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling was that the federal government could…
Obamacare repeal vote is theater
The House of Representatives is set to vote on the full repeal of Obamacare on Wednesday. If that action sounds…
Vandals hit Romney bus in Richmond
Just when you thought dirty tricks were passe in this brave new era of political civility, I give you the…
The new economic normal
One in seven Americans on food stamps, disability rolls growing faster than jobs, and workforce participation bumping along the bottom like so much whale waste. And the Democrats are “pretty happy” with that.
Rep. Scott Rigell on why he voted to find Eric Holder in civil contempt of Congress
Rigell was one of only two Republican House members to vote against criminal contempt charges against Holder. He tells us why he voted the way he did, and why he remains convinced Holder must either resign, or be fired.
Schapiro pronounces Bolling’s defeat before the race has even begun
The best Bill Bolling can hope for, the RTD’s scribe believes, is a minor posting in a Romney administration. Which is better than being named publisher of the RTD.
McDonnell out of the veepstakes and the anaerobic Kaine campaign.
Democratic strategist Paul Goldman thinks Gov. McDonnell’s chairmanship of the GOP Platform Committee means the Romney camp is looking elsewhere for a VP. This, Paul believes, gives Tim Kaine reason to breath easier. No, it doesn’t. If anything, the Kaine campaign was struggling for air long before McDonnell every appeared on the VP radar.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Coolidge
One key anniversary that ought not to be overlooked today: July 4th is the birthday of our 30th, and arguably…
Surrendering the republic without firing a shot
We declared our independence from a foreign monarch 236 years ago. But we now seem poised to surrender that hard-won liberty to a resident ruling class.